Bridging the Gaps: Supporting Academic Transitions for Student Success
Bridging the Gaps: Supporting Academic Transitions for Student Success:
2025 Teaching and Learning Conference Schedule
| Session Title | Presenter(s) | 
| Student Spotlight on Transitions | Victoria Grace-Bland and student partners/panellists (Hattie Jones, Ghanshyam Bhattarai, Aurelien Flatman, Olha Kovalenko, Reiowyn Ferrer, Keerthana Venkatesha, Yashvi Borisagar, Sanket Singh) 
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| Keynote presentation: Transitions in, through and out of university: Balancing university key performance metrics with an inclusive human centred approach 
 | Dr Katharine Hubbard, Buckinghamshire New University 
 
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| Parallel Workshop 1: Transitions to Postgraduate Taught Study 
 | Dr Tony Churchill (ADE, CQSD), Dr Jo Anna Reed Johnson (IoE), Simon Floodgate (IoE), Dr Caroline Foulkes (IoE), Dr Vicki Aldmington (Careers), Prof Clare Furneaux (APVC) | 
| Parallel Workshop 2; Co-creating assessment and feedback support for successful student transitions | Dr Nina Brooke, Dr Michael Kilmister (ADE, CQSD) 
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| Parallel Workshop 3: Digital tools and environments to support transitions 
 Part 1: Emotionally connected online experiences – how can you build a sense of belonging using Blackboard? (additional resources) 
 Part 2: Study Advice tools to aid the transition to and through university | 
 
 
 Jackie Fairbairn, Lauren McCann (TEL, CQSD) 
 
 
 Alex Wickenden, Dr Ed Powell (Study Advice) 
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| Parallel Workshop 4: Supporting Foundation year transitions Part 1: Spotting the Gaps Early: Lessons learned from identifyingand addressing absence in Foundation Students 
 
 Part 2: Striking the right balance: subject knowledge, study skills and coaching in a foundation year as aids to successful progression and transition 
 
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 Dr Mark Peace, Vicky Collins, Rachel Rushton, Brian Turner (ISLI) 
 
 Prof Cindy Becker (Hums) 
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| Lightning talks and Q&A: Transitions through the student journey 
 ‘Make your first semester a success’: a pre-arrival event with Study Advice 
 Embedding transition support into the Psychology curriculum: An example from a Part One research methods module 
 Reassurance on Demand: Recorded Sessions and Student Transitions. 
 From student to professional and back again? Transitions into and out of placements 
 Supporting Finalist-Alumni Transition 
 
 
 
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 Dr Georgia Koromila (Study Advice) 
 Dr Debra Page (Psychology) 
 
 Emma Herrod (CQSD, TEL) 
 
 Dr Catherine Foley (IoE) 
 Dr Vicki Aldmington (Careers) 
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